Denny Indrayana's Satire Is Unclear, South Kalimantan KPU Says MK Has No Authority To Examine PHP For The South Kalimantan Governor Election

DOK ANTARA/Gedung MK

JAKARTA - The General Election Commission (KPU) of South Kalimantan said the Constitutional Court (MK) was not authorized to examine the application for the Dispute on the Results of the South Kalimantan Governor Election (Pilgub Dispute) resulting from a re-vote (PSU). This lawsuit was filed by Denny Indrayana.

"In our opinion, the court is not authorized to examine the application," said South Kalimantan KPU attorney Hifdzil Alim when reading the respondent's answers in the trial for the South Kalimantan governor election dispute at the Constitutional Court in Jakarta, quoted by Antara, Friday, July 23.

This is based on Article 2 of the Constitutional Court Regulation Number 6 of 2020 concerning Procedures in Disputing the Results of the Election of Governors, Regents, and Mayors which explains the object in disputes over election results, as well as the arguments of the petitioners namely the Denny Indrayana and Difriadi camps.

Referring to the petitioner's arguments, Hifdzil said they were categorized as election violations, not disputes over election results.

According to Hifdzil, the things submitted by the applicant, namely money politics, allegations of bureaucratic elements and village officials in all sub-districts that organized the PSU were used, to intimidation and thuggery included in the criteria of Article 73 of Law Number 10 of 2016 which regulates the election of governors, regents, and the mayor.

Hifdzil also said that the applicant did not have a legal standing because the percentage of the difference in the number of votes was deemed not to meet the requirements.

In addition, he said, the petition of the pair Denny Indrayana and Difriadi was unclear because the trial was supposed to examine the election results, not money politics as has been argued.

The Constitutional Court today held a trial for the South Kalimantan governor election dispute with the agenda of the session, namely the answers from the respondent, namely the South Kalimantan KPU, related parties and the information giving party, namely Bawaslu and ratification of the parties' evidence.

Previously, the preliminary hearing on the dispute over the South Kalimantan gubernatorial election was held at the Constitutional Court on Wednesday, July 21. In addition to submitting the arguments for the petition, the Denny Indrayana–Difriadi camp included 610 pieces of evidence in the form of testimonies, four cell phones, voice recordings and supporting documents.